Financial Focus – February 24th, 2021
Listen to this week’s Financial Focus where Nate Kreinbrink and James Nelson discuss Social Security with a focus on the nuances involved when claiming spousal benefits.
Up, Up, and Away
We’ve seen a lot of prices going up recently: real estate, building materials, financial assets. James Nelson joins the 4 Your Money news team to let us know if we should be worried that inflation could get out of hand.
Small Goes Big
OVERVIEW The major U.S. stock indices were mixed last week, with the S&P 500 falling 0.71%, the Nasdaq declining 1.57%, and the Dow gaining 0.11%. Large-cap and growth stocks led the declines lower, falling about 1.13% and 1.7%, respectively. Small-cap...
Chart of the Week: Oil’s Round Trip
This past year has been a wild ride for crude oil prices. At the start of 2020, oil was hovering around $60 per barrel. But then the pandemic hit, and oil demand plummeted as people stayed home and traveled less. At one point in late April, oil prices...